By EPA Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee members Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ), and Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA) released...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 7, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today blasted Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corporation, for its “abysmal" response to electric power outages in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. As of 4 pm yesterday, more than 289,000 people in JCP&L’s...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Today Rep. James E. Clyburn, Chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Richard E. Neal, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Rep. Maxine Waters, Chairwoman of the Committee on Financial Services, ...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 6, 2020
News Release: Today, Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released a statement announcing the Energy and Commerce Committee will launch an investigation into health and dental insurance companies’ business practices following reports that many of the companies are recording record profit margins during the COVID-19 pandemic...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their European counterparts...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) sent a second oversight letter to the Trump Administration, writing to White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 5, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The four bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joseph Simons today urging them to work with their...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) released the following statement following the Senate confirmation of Mark W. Menezes as Deputy Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy (DOE).
By EPA Newswire | Aug 4, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Energy and Commerce Republican Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) wrote to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, eBay CEO Jamie Iannone, and...
By EPA Newswire | Aug 3, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting a classified briefing on TikTok and other technology companies with alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 31, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Health Subcommittee Republican Leader Dr. Michael Burgess (R-TX) released the following statement on House Democrats’ attempt to undermine the Supreme Court by blocking funding to enforce the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule on religious and moral objections to contraceptive coverage.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-Ore.), House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Senate Health Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) today released the following statement on the White House’s call for Congress to pass legislation ending the practice of surprise medical billing...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at Health Subcommittee legislative hearing entitled, “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR), Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), House Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA), Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Chairman Lamar Alexander...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at a Heath Subcommittee hearing on “Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Republican members continued their efforts to create innovative policies and promote clean energy by introducing two bills to strengthen domestic nuclear fuel supply and accelerate nuclear reactor licensing.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 29, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) wrote to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking several questions related to the companies’ app stores and processes undertaken to vet applications, particularly for foreign sourcing and potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Washington, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) delivered remarks at an Environment Subcommittee hearing entitled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards."
By EPA Newswire | Jul 28, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks at today’s Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee hearing titled, “There’s Something in the Water: Reforming Our Nation’s Drinking Water Standards:"
By EPA Newswire | Jul 24, 2020
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today on President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Orders on drug pricing...
